Isn't it cheaper to send data with the existing Dynatrace Azure log forwarding to Dynatrace SaaS in AWS rather than to use Azure Native Dynatrace Service?

[darynakovyrina]

Sending Azure logs through the Azure Native Dynatrace Service is cheaper than sending Azure logs to Dynatrace environments running on AWS, because the internet egress costs between Azure and AWS are higher.

Examples:

• If Dynatrace SaaS is running in AWS Europe (Ireland), and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (the resource ingesting logs) is in West Europe, the egress costs¹ are as follows:
  • First 100 GB/month: free
  • Next 10 TB/month: $0.08/GB
  • Next 40 TB/month: $0.065/GB
  • Next 100 TB/month: $0.06/GB
  • Next 350 TB/month: $0.04/GB
• If you use log forwarding for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) running in Brazil South, the egress costs¹ are as follows:
  • First 100 GB/month: free
  • Next 10 TB/month: $0.12/GB
  • Next 40 TB/month: $0.085/GB
  • Next 100 TB/month: $0.08/GB
  • Next 350 TB/month: $0.075/GB

1 Data extracted from Bandwidth pricing on May 2nd, 2023.

[radek_jasinski]

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